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Editore: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Jan 2008, 2008
ISBN 10: 082642788XISBN 13: 9780826427885
Da: Smartbuy, Einbeck, Germania
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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Non-fans regard Céline Dion as ersatz and plastic, yet to those who love her, no one could be more real, with her impoverished childhood, her (creepy) manager-husband's struggle with cancer, her knack for howling out raw emotion. There's nothing cool about Céline Dion, and nothing clever. That's part of her appeal as an object of love or hatred - with most critics and committed music fans taking pleasure (or at least geeky solace) in their lofty contempt. This book documents Carl Wilson's brave and unprecedented year-long quest to find his inner Céline Dion fan, and explores how we define ourselves in the light of what we call good and bad, what we love and what we hate. 176 pp. Englisch.
Editore: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Jan 2008, 2008
ISBN 10: 0747593132ISBN 13: 9780747593133
Da: Smartbuy, Einbeck, Germania
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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Every night, Kawashima Masayuki creeps from his bed and watches over his baby girl's crib while his wife sleeps. But this is no ordinary domestic scene. He has an ice pick in his hand, and a barely controllable desire to use it. Deciding to confront his demons, Kawashima sets into motion a chain of events seeming to lead inexorably to murder. 192 pp. Deutsch.
Editore: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Jan 2008, 2008
ISBN 10: 1845116909ISBN 13: 9781845116903
Da: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Germania
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Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This latest volume in 'The Idea of Iran' series concentrates on the Sasanian period. Seizing power from the previous dynasty - the Parthians - the Sasanians ruled Iran and most of the ancient Near East from 224 until 642 CE. They are particularly fascinating because of their adherence to Zoroastrianism, an ancient dualistic Iranian religion named after the prophet Zarathustra (or, in Greek, Zoroaster). The Sasanians expressed the divine aspect of their rule in a variety of forms, such as on coins, rock reliefs and silver plates, and architecture and the arts flourished under their aegis. Sasanian military success brought them into conflict with Rome, and later Byzantium. Their empire eventually collapsed under the force of the Arab army in AD 642, when Zoroastrianism was replaced with Islam.Engaging with all the major aspects of Sasanian culture, twelve eminent scholars address subjects which include: early Sasanian art and iconography; early Sasanian coinage; religion and identity in the Sasanian empire; later Sasanian orality and literacy; and state and society in late antique Iran.The volume in question arguably comprises the most complete and comprehensive treatment of the Sasanian civilization yet to be published in English.